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16 Jan 2013, 10:55posted on

A court in the Hague ruled in favor of Samsung in a case involving the rounded corners of the Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7.; Samsung's defense appears to have been based on the theory of prior art as it said that the " origins of Apple's design can be found in numerous examples"...

That justice may prevail in the end- come on I really don't like Apple because of that, I used to have a Sony Ericsson Walkman and it was a rectangular device with round corners, look it up, if that's the case then we should all be paying rotalties to alcatel for the first phone with rectangular shape with round corners

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Etch-A-Scetch have a rectangular design with rounded corners and a screen?

All sarcasm aside, this is where the patent system has really gone astray. Technology patents are one thing, but patenting a basic shape (rectangle with rounded corners) that we see everyday is boneheaded. If they want a design patent, it should have to included everything, bezel width, button shape and their placement, sensor and camera location, and the design must include front AND back, and for infringement to occur it must be copied EXACTLY as it is in it's entirety.

Just saying rectangle with rounded corners and a screen is extremely vague. It's like getting a patent for a personal enclosed conveyance and leaving it at that. That would've destroyed the car,truck, RV, yacht, small airplane, and helicopter industries in one shot.

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